Holding the judiciary's role as " sacrosanct", he hailed it for expanding the common law principle of ' locus standi', a legal premise by which one may pursue a case, but said judicial activism " should not lead to the dilution of separation of powers".

The return of judicial activism on the Supreme Court is likely to depend on the appointment of more liberal Justices to the Court who could press the constitutional views that are now most often expressed in dissent.

The petitioner, Chairman Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) Muhammad Azhar Siddique, alleged that different government departments were making undue profit in billions from petroleum products and also collecting taxes from consumers.

He urged the Supreme Court to exercise judicial activism to correct the inadvertent error of the framers, as amending the Constitution to remedy the mistake was impossible given the failure of all previous attempts at Charter change.

The proposal, according to a PPP official, was first floated at a party meeting held the day Gilani was disqualified by the apex court, and some of Zardari's allies suggested that he take an aggressive stance against what they thought was unacceptable judicial activism, states the paper.

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